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uistella — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • spoon noun A utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle, used for eating, stirring, or serving.
  • troll noun In folklore, a large, often ugly supernatural creature living in caves, hills, or under bridges.

Senses

uistella is used for these senses in English:

  • cast (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18th c.]
  • spoon To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.
  • troll (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun sense 8.1)).
  • troll (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling. [from c. 1600]

cast — full definition

  1. verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  2. verb To choose actors for the roles in a play, film, or show.
  3. verb To shape a liquid material, especially molten metal, by pouring it into a mould.
  4. noun The group of actors performing in a play, film, or show.
  5. noun A rigid support, often plaster, used to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.

spoon — full definition

  1. noun A utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle, used for eating, stirring, or serving.
  2. verb To lie close together, front-to-back, in a nested position like stacked spoons.
  3. noun Informally, a unit representing someone's limited daily energy, especially used by people with chronic illness.

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